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    SKIING: For Your Pleasure

    Nov 16, 2016 3 minutes

    Powder in 1972, the hedonism of powder skiing and freely shredding was a tiny glint of what we now take for granted. To remain upright and turning, let alone catching any air, was about as rad as you could get back then. In 1972, mere powder skiing was something elite, esoteric, ephemeral. Fast forward to 2016, and skiers—a lot of skiers—are doing mind-bending things, hurtling down huge mountains and spinning through

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